So I figured I would pick one subject from my list as two people responded to it:
So to answer your question @RU23 I do think that the defense is going to be good but if you go back and look on paper in August the last two seasons those defenses were really really good. From last year we lose Maijeh, Braswell and Izien who possibly will play in the NFL and Young who was solid if unspectacular. Plus on paper we were really hoping for Singleton last year. In both years we got riddled by injuries ( or got declared ineligible in Singleton's case) and we were not deep enough to last a season which that plus always being on the field really took a toll on the defense. This year I think we are a little worse in the secondary and a little worse in the interior line and both places are worrisome depth wise. Lets hope the luck doesn't continue and the injuries plague us again. The good news is I believe that our depth issues are gone at LB this year and the Toure-Lewis combo at the ends may make this the best pass rush we have ever seen in the history of Rutgers football. Also out of all the transfers I think Dixon is the most important one as it makes the dropoff from Izien not that big.
Now I ask not to make this a <insert name here> sucks thread or a mud slinging thread, just a healthy debate one way or another about football.
So to answer your question @RU23 I do think that the defense is going to be good but if you go back and look on paper in August the last two seasons those defenses were really really good. From last year we lose Maijeh, Braswell and Izien who possibly will play in the NFL and Young who was solid if unspectacular. Plus on paper we were really hoping for Singleton last year. In both years we got riddled by injuries ( or got declared ineligible in Singleton's case) and we were not deep enough to last a season which that plus always being on the field really took a toll on the defense. This year I think we are a little worse in the secondary and a little worse in the interior line and both places are worrisome depth wise. Lets hope the luck doesn't continue and the injuries plague us again. The good news is I believe that our depth issues are gone at LB this year and the Toure-Lewis combo at the ends may make this the best pass rush we have ever seen in the history of Rutgers football. Also out of all the transfers I think Dixon is the most important one as it makes the dropoff from Izien not that big.
Now I ask not to make this a <insert name here> sucks thread or a mud slinging thread, just a healthy debate one way or another about football.
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